QuadrigaCX in Bankruptcy, New Discoveries Suggest Older Scam Activity

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Published Apr 11, 2019 08:34AM ET

Updated Apr 11, 2019 09:42AM ET

QuadrigaCX in Bankruptcy, New Discoveries Suggest Older Scam Activity

Just a day after the QuadrigaCX exchange opened up a bankruptcy procedure, new information shows that the market operator may have skirted the law in the past. An accidental tracking of wallets belonging to QuadrigaCX show a connection to sites offering high-yield investments, also known as scam sites offering to double the Bitcoin (BTC) amount.

In a Reddit thread , the connection was made between the QuadrigaCX wallet and those scam sites. The address used for one of the last withdrawal transactions on the exchange has also received mentions in other sites, at one point in relation to the Nicehash exploit.

At this point, several addresses...

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